Category Archives: Local News
State report: Peoria area economy lost 200 jobs in October
Peoria, Ill -- The latest state unemployment report shows the Peoria area lost about 200 jobs in the month of October, 2021 but has added nearly two thousand jobs since October of last year. Total Non...
Cooper Banks Nov 24, 2021 Kevin Smith / CC
City Council approves budgets, moving money to pay pensions -- for now
PEORIA, Ill. - The debate over how to fund Peoria's police and fire pensions is over, for the moment. The City Council Tuesday approved the next two years' worth of budgets, and to fill a pension gap ...
Will Stevenson Nov 24, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Coroner: Infant boy's death is Peoria's 32nd homicide
UPDATED 3:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a two-month-old boy is Peoria's 32nd homicide victim this year. Harwood says young Connor Yeo was pronounced dead late Tuesday...
Will Stevenson Nov 24, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Hersey Hawkins becomes first Bradley Brave to enter the College Basketball Hall of Fame
Peoria, Ill -- It's a first for Bradley Basketball. Former Braves shooting guard Hersey Hawkins is now a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on Sunday....
Cooper Banks Nov 24, 2021 Bradley University
Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps with inflation on the menu, though deals remain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner will cost U.S. consumers an average of 14% more this year in the biggest annual increase in 31 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation said, though shoppers ...
Julia Bradley Nov 24, 2021 Turkeys are displayed for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store ahead of Thanksgiving, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Walljasper
UPDATE: 12-year-old girl killed in Creve Coeur house fire, reportedly on her birthday
UPDATE: 4:27 p.m. CREVE COEUR, Ill -- Local police say a 12-year-old girl is dead in the wake of a devastating and tragic fire in Creve Coeur Wednesday morning. According to a post on social media, Cr...
Julia Bradley Nov 24, 2021 (25 News)
Illinois' congressional map made official
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker on Tuesday signed Illinois' new congressional map into law. The map, drawn with data from the 2020 U.S. Census, formalizes district boundaries drawn up by the state'...
Julia Bradley Nov 24, 2021 Illinois.gov
Life in prison for man convicted of Peoria shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has given a Peoria man life in prison for his role in a 2019 shooting death that happened in the city's East Bluff Neighborhood. Court records indicate Breon Jones...
Will Stevenson Nov 23, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
More security for Thursday 5K and Friday parade in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A slightly different route isn't the only change being made to special events in Peoria this week after Sunday's tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Peoria Police say for both the Chocolate...
Will Stevenson Nov 23, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
AAA: Get ready for Thanksgiving and Winter driving
AURORA, Ill. - If you're going somewhere for the Thanksgiving holiday, you're definitely not alone. AAA estimates 2.7 million Illinoisans will travel somewhere for Thanksgiving -- part of more than 53...
Will Stevenson Nov 23, 2021 Midwest Communications